Space Is The Place kicks off on the evening of Friday 11th with a social meet up and info night at the rampART social centre on Friday evening - a chance to chat about events and actions over the weekend and tell people about the autonomous spaces you are involved in.

Side Stepping the Property Ladder @ rampART
From 7pm at 15 rampart street, London E1 2LA

Vegan cafe with films, presentations, info and music.

Films include:
* video vox pops from manchester about free spaces
* Trainsquatting - eastern european squatters
* Uprooted - Greek Olympics evictions
and many more

Presentations include:
* Shane Collins revisiting the highly influential Cooltan
and squat actions against the Criminal Justice Act in the 90's
* Squatters mutual aid networks and the advisory service for squatter.
* The rampART, past, present and future
more to be confirmed

Info Stalls include:
* London Coalition Against Poverty
* Advisory Service for Squatters
* Rupture Squat Zine
* Indymedia Offline and Infousurpa
all TBC

Music includes:
* Marianne Hyatt
* Half of 52 Commercial Road
* Tom from David Cronenbergs Wife

Help making the evening happen would be much appreciated, email rampart AT mutualaid DOT org if you can help skip, prepare and cook food, present a project, contribute films etc.

For info about other events taking place in London over the days of action, see  http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/04/395938.html

Over the last three weeks people have been preparing an abandoned warehouse in Shoreditch to host events over the weekend of the days of action for squats and autonomous spaces. This week, artists have been transforming the place for an exhibition themed around land use, gentrification, housing and reclaiming space.

The building opens on Saturday at 10am with a program of films, discussion and skill sharing till 7pm and again on Sunday. The space will also be hosting a freeshop and squatters estate agency.

Right on the edge of the city of London, the squat is overshadowed by a massive new 700 million pound development site pushing out into Shoreditch. A huge glistening glass tower block is the first of many that will be built here, transforming the area completely. The warehouse stands alone with earth movers parked in the open area between it and the construction trains and tower blocks, an almost exact real life replica of the image used on the April2008 website.

The squat is located in Bowl Court which is up Plough Court next to the junction of Great Eastern Street and Shoreditch High Street.

You involvement is essential. We are looking for people to contribute discussions and practical workshops over the weekend. If you can help please come along to the meet up at rampART on Friday evening.

The ASS benefit will be at The Hackney Social Centre on Lower Clapton Road

Featuring
Headjam ( punky dub ),
Pinstickers ( live dance ),
52 Commercial Rd ( this is a prog/experimental band and NOT the venue ),
Ras Simeon Judah ( live hiphop ),
The Skints ( ska ).
Plus stalls and squat films etc.

Like many autonomous spaces in the area, the Wominspace is facing eviction very soon so we hope you will join us celebrating this space and bringing energy to our resistance and our next space.

Friday 11th & Saturday12th April 2008 are Days of Action for Squats & Autonomous spaces see  http://www.wombles.org.uk/topics/scn/april2008.

During the day we will also be running some fun workshops at the space. See timetable below.

Saturday 12th April:

Knicker Making Workshop
12pm - 5pm, Saturday 12th April
Materials (please bring as much of this as you can, some things we can share, some
thingswe can bring spares of): for the 1st part, making the pattern, you need big sheets of paper, pencil, eraser, ruler, set square, sellotape,paper scissors and a tape measure.
for the 2nd part, making your knickers, you need stretchy fabric (wide enough to go
around your hips and long enough to go through your legs), fabric scissors, needle and
thread, and whatever ribbons, fabric paint, applique, dead frogs, frills, or other trimmings
you want to decorate them with.

Drag Workshop:
2pm-5pm
Drag Kings, Drag Queens, FTF, cross-species, anything in between!
Materials:Clothes of all kinds dresses, shoes, suits etc - dress up as whatever you want, for Drag Kinging make sure shirts are not tailored at the waist and that the trousers sit on the hipbones, rather than up. wide clothes make sense.It would be good if everyone could bring a make up brush and scissors,Also 1-3 condoms (don't ask, but it'll be fun) If anyone has any artificial hair and mastix (theatrical glue) please bring too.If ppl want to bind away their breasts they will need wide elastic bandages, strong ones. Make up. Props and costumes of all kinds.

Party
Women's and poly-trans Benefit Party at Wominspace £5/3
9pm - Late See flyer at www.womynspace.blogspot.com

You are invited to a lovely party at the new women's social centre in Hackney, East London! We are, like many autonomous spaces in the area, facing eviction very soon so we hope you will join us celebrating this space and bringing energy to our resistance and our next space.

Come dragged up and dressed up! We will also have a dressing up room!

*Bands and Performers: Gertrude - stylish edgy post-punkrock, Firecracker - experimental Klezmer influenced cello

*DJs Sexyrubbersoul and Peelee spinning dub pressure,eclectic chill-out & ass slappin house. Helena of Jean Genet splendor will play a late set of pop, indie and electrotrash.

*We'll be running a DIY cabaret open mic so think about performing/doing a reading/playing/ranting etc etc. If you are interested in doing a cabaret piece and have a chance to let us know before hand please get in touch.

* Vegan Food

* The night is a benefit for the space and also for the Advisory Service for Squatters. If we make more money we can donate some to a new Women's Space in Yorkshire.

The Wominspace has recently expanded its gender policy. We are a women's space open to all women and all trans people.

Looking forward to dancing with you on Saturday!

4a Corbridge Crescent, off Mare Street, Hackney E2.

(Unfortunately our current building is not wheelchair accessible. There are a few steps up tofront door and a small flight up to first floor.)